Teachers

Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems

By Kristine O'Connell George (author) and Debbie Tilley (illustrator)

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A collection of poems capture the feelings and experiences of a girl in middle school.

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The Year of Miss Agnes

By Kirkpatrick Hill

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Ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika) narrates the story of school and village life among the Athapascans in Alaska during 1948 when Miss Agnes arrived as the new teacher. J Fic Hil
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Fourth Grade is a Jinx

By Colleen O'Shaughnessy McKenna

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When fourth grader Collette sees her own mother take over the job of teaching her class, life becomes more embarrassing and chaotic than she can stand.

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Frank McCourt: The Man Himself

When Frank McCourt passed last month, he left behind memoirs filled with anguish, love, and dark merriment.  Personal experiences are what this Irish-American author took and shaped into works of sorrowful beauty.

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

By Kevin Henkes

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Lilly loves her teacher, until the terrible day that he has to take away her purple plastic purse – then she gets mad.

Suggested for ages 3 - 6

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